{"id":2538,"date":"2024-10-13T19:50:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T19:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/politics\/the-fight-for-reparations-in-california-continues\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T19:50:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T19:50:07","slug":"the-fight-for-reparations-in-california-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/politics\/the-fight-for-reparations-in-california-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"The fight for reparations in California continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

While two reparation bills stalled in the California State Assembly, grassroots organizations continue to push forward.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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By Jason Lewis<\/span><\/p>\n

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It appeared to be inevitable that California was going to pass two historic reparation bills in late August, but a shocking turn of events has led to heated confrontations within Black communities as the bills were not voted on by the California State Assembly. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since then, grassroots organizations have held town hall meetings in Leimert Park and Inglewood, and they held a press conference in front of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office.  <\/span>Leaders within the reparation movement as well as a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus have spoken at the town hall meetings, as well as on Tavis Smiley’s and Dominique DiPrima’s shows on KBLA Talk 1580. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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California Senator Steven Bradford’s bills 1403 and 1331 would have created a Freedmen Affairs Agency and a fund for reparations and reparative justice.  <\/span>But the California Legislative Black Caucus members who are in the state assembly could not agree to bring the bills to a vote, which surprised Bradford.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“It had the votes,” Bradford said on Smiley’s show.  <\/span>“I’ve done this for 14 years.  <\/span>We make sure that we have votes before you bring your bill up.  <\/span>We knew that we had the votes. 1403, 1050, and 1331 had just got out of appropriations committee just two weeks prior to that without a single amendment.  <\/span>1403 was a California Legislative Black Caucus priority bill, and it’s the same bill that they endorsed in May.  <\/span>It hasn’t changed at all.  <\/span>So I was surprised.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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